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STOP Sign

STOP Sign

  There are few objects in the built environment as instantly recognisable — and as universally obeyed — as the STOP sign. But while it may seem li...

STOP Sign

  There are few objects in the built environment as instantly recognisable — and as universally obeyed — as the STOP sign. But while it may seem li...
Anniversary Materials

Anniversary Materials

  The tradition of associating specific materials with wedding anniversaries has been documented in Germanic countries since the 1500s. Husbands wo...

Anniversary Materials

  The tradition of associating specific materials with wedding anniversaries has been documented in Germanic countries since the 1500s. Husbands wo...
Pythagorean Cup

Pythagorean Cup

A 2,500-year-old joke about moderation At first glance, the Pythagorean Cup looks like any other goblet from ancient Greece: elegant, functional an...

Pythagorean Cup

A 2,500-year-old joke about moderation At first glance, the Pythagorean Cup looks like any other goblet from ancient Greece: elegant, functional an...
Souvenirs

Souvenirs

  A souvenir (French for “a remembrance or memory”) is an object that someone acquires for the memories associated with it. So, a traveller’s souve...

Souvenirs

  A souvenir (French for “a remembrance or memory”) is an object that someone acquires for the memories associated with it. So, a traveller’s souve...
Words for Specific Colours

Words for Specific Colours

Some colours aren’t just colours. They come with stories, borrow from history and attach to objects or places. We say “red”, but we might actually ...

Words for Specific Colours

Some colours aren’t just colours. They come with stories, borrow from history and attach to objects or places. We say “red”, but we might actually ...
Wandjina

Wandjina

The Wandjina are ancestral spirit beings central to the beliefs of several Indigenous groups in the Kimberley region of north-western Australia, pa...

Wandjina

The Wandjina are ancestral spirit beings central to the beliefs of several Indigenous groups in the Kimberley region of north-western Australia, pa...
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